It gets extremely hot and humid here in the South, which means the summer growing season is in full swing. Getting up early to work in the garden is a MUST for your sake, as well as the garden’s. Picking in the morning and cooking your home grown veggies in the evening…that is what dreams are made of…and I am fortunate enough to be living that dream right now. Follow me in this section to see how my garden grows and the tricks I have found that work in this area for large yields in a very small area.
Summer
It gets extremely hot and humid here in the South, which means the summer growing season is in full swing. Getting up early to work in the garden is a MUST for your sake, as well as the garden’s. Picking in the morning and cooking your home grown veggies in the evening…that is what dreams are made of…and I am fortunate enough to be living that dream right now. Follow me in this section to see how my garden grows and the tricks I have found that work in this area for large yields in a very small area.
Let the FUN Begin…
July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Please tell me, my friends, how a person can stay soooo busy (I actually eat lunch standing up most days – my family can attest to that!) and yet, never, ever, ever seem to get caught up on that nasty ‘To Do’ list??? Well, I am forcing my ridiculous self to come inside, cool off and post an update on my neglected blog.
Let me begin with ‘Before’ and ‘Now’ pictures:
The Beginning May 7, 2011
June 28, 2011
As you can see from this morning’s bounty, things are cranking up in my sweet, little garden. I am gathering green beans, squash (straight-neck and white), zucchini, new potatoes, cucumbers and a few Roma tomatoes as of right now. I expect to be gathering Cherokee Purple, German Queen and German Johnson tomatoes , as well as jalapeno peppers next week.
And now, since I have FINALLY cooled off, I am going to go back out in this Southern heat and humidity and torture myself a little more ‘piddlin’ away in my edible landscape…(if you aren’t Southern, you may need to look that one up 😉 ).
Will try to force myself to stay inside long enough tomorrow to give you an update on the fig tree and the grape vines… until then, happy gardening and Happy 4th of July!
